DAY 1

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MORNING 9:30 AM-12:00 PM

  • I'm A Teacher

  • Introductions of facilitators

  • Housekeeping: name tags, lunch, cancellations, sign in sheet, photo release, graffiti wall quotes, parking lot, wifi password, water in the back, bathrooms located outside the door

  • Tech Update

..........MiELA.Ning Amy
..........MiELA Weebly Amy
..........The Art of Research 9-12 Wikispace Elizabeth
..........Death of a Salesman and The American Dream (extended definition, articles, essay)
..........Frankenstein and Ethics in Science (students created a protest sign about a current issue)
..........Lord of the Flies and Consequences of War
..........Pygmalion and Gender Stereotyping

  • Progression of Units from 9-12 (skills progression) Amy

  • What is Research and Informational Text? Elizabeth
..........Table Graffiti Activity
..........What Is Informational Text //Really//?

  • Inquiry Questions on Padlet Amy


BREAK


  • What is Evidence? Elizabeth

.........The facts that support an issue or claim (i.e. data, charts, expert opinions, dates, events, examples, personal experience, models, anecdotes).
.........Evaluating Evidence
..........Analysis of data PADLET
..........Student graph
..........Google form version
  • Table Discussion on Primary and Secondary Research (seminal documents,graphs, charts, Infographics) Amy
..........What have you used? Do you collaborate with other departments? How do you make sense of graphs and charts?
..........Amy: Conducting Primary Research


12:00 PM--1:00 PM LUNCH


AFTERNOON (1:00-3:15)


.........www.mel.org- Michigan Electronic Library
.........http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/- Digital History
.........http://www.biomedcentral.com/- biomedcentral
.........http://docsteach.org/- docsteach
.........http://www.wolframalpha.com/- Wolfram|Alpha
.........http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ Newseum
.........http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/ Student News Daily
.........http://www.instagrok.com/ instaGrock
.........www.newsela.com Newsela
........Greenville High School: online databases

  • Text Features, Structure and Craft Clues-- Amy & Elizabeth

........Text Structures are not specific forms to be filled in by students but rather ways of thinking and generative patterns of ........thought. The form cannot become more important than the purpose.

..........General Strategies for Reading Informational Text
......... Graphic Organizers
..........Graphic Texts
..........Text Structures Amy
..........Understanding Text Features
..........Text Structures Elizabeth
..........Apple Activity
..........Signal Words
..........Answers

  • Summary-- Elizabeth
..........Introducing Summary
... ......Determining Key Ideas, House Activity
..... ....Summary vs. Paraphrasing
..........Model Summary and Article
..........Research Logs
..........Student Logs Samples (Kody, Bri, Adam, Devin)


  • Evaluation Elizabeth